Woven carrier



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WOVEN CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED APR. I0. I-9I7.

Patented May 4, 1920.

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G. W. SPALDING.

WOVEN CARRIER.

APPLICATION 'FILED APR. lo, 19H.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFECE.

GEORGE w. SPALDTNC, OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO MILLS WOVEN CARTRIDGE BELT COMPANY, OE WORCES- TER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPCRATTON OE MASSACHUSETTS.

WOVEN CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, v'1920.

Application filed April 10, 1917. Serial NO. 160,986.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SPALDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester, State of lVlassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in llVoven Carriers, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation to pocketed carriers made of woven material, namely carriers on the order of those which are` used for holding and carrying cartridges, packaged lirst-aid supplies,ietc. The class of pocketed carriers to which the invention is applicable includes cartridge-Carriers, hospital corps belts, medical oliicers7V belts, and others having special adaptations.

The invention comprises improvements in the rgeneral construction of pocketed carriers. Also improvements in woven box- `cover blanks.

blanks provide for the convenient production of box-covers or hoods.

The 'drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportion of a carrier embodying the invention. rThe said figure shows a portion ofthe bodyweb or'band and in connection therewith two pockets and their box-covers or hoods.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view oli' a coverblank with its wings opened out laterally and its narrow flanges or vvidenings7 upstanding.

'Fig 3 shows the'said blank in substantially thevolded condition in which it preferably is woven, after the floated portions of the warp-threads'have been cut away.`

Fig. 4 is a view in section in the plane indicatedby the dotted line 4, 4, of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is aperspective view of one pocket of a carrier showing a second mode of carrying the invention into eli'ect.

Fig. G is a perspective view of a blank such as is'used in making a box-cover or hood like that shown in Fig.` 5. f

Fig.l7 is a view ofthe boX-coveror hood of Fig. 5 in section in the planeindicated by line 7, 1in the latter ligure.

The body or band-portion l of vthe carrier shown in Fig. l and the pockets 2, 2thereon, are composed of flexible woven material, as already indicated herein. The carrier may be furnished with one pocketl only, or with a plurality of pockets, according tothe purpose which the carrier is designed to Serve. In Fig. l the cover or hood of one of the pockets is shown turned back so as to uncover' such pocket, while that of the lother pocket is closed down over the top of the latter. In practice the size and proportions of a pocket and or" its cover may vary from those indicated in the drawings.

Fig. l shows the feature of the upward extension of the top portion of a pocket above the top edge of the body or bandportion l: It shows also the manner in which the cover or hood of a` pocket when in closed position, as at the right hand side in Fig. l, lits over and around the upstanding top portion of the pocket. Itfurther shows the connection of a. cover. or hood with the body or band-portion bymeansof a ieXible downward extension 3 ofthe'back of the cover orhood. This extension may be applied and attached to the lbody or band-portiony in various ways; it is Shown in the drawings as entered into a housing slit 4 formed for its'reception in the upper margin or' the body or'band-portion, and as secured in `Such housing slit by means of stitches 5 passing through the two thicknesses of' the top margin of the body or band-portion and also through the extension Blocated between such thicknesses.

The cover or hood comprisesa top 6, a back 7, a front 8, and opposite side-wings or skirts 9,9. These are all combined in such manner that when `the cover or hood is closed down as at the right hand side in Fig. l it completely covers and encircles the upstanding top of the pocket, as is indicated clearly in Fig. l, without any slits or openings around such portion of the pocket.

The different portions of the cover or hood are all integral parts of a one-piece blank, one form of which is shown in Fig. 2. The said blank comprises a rear extension 3, 7, an intermediate section 6 having lateral Widenings 9, 9, and a front extension 8. In making the boX-coveror hood into shape and preparing it for attachment to the body or band-portion l, the lateral Widenings 9, 9, are bent down to produce the side-Wings or skirts 9, 9, of the box-cover or hood, the rear and front extensions are bent down to form the back 7 and front 8 thereof, and the side margins of the back and front are united to the rear and front marginal portions of the side-Wings or skirts, as by stitches l0, l0, thereby giving the cover or hood the required closed box-like shape adapted to fit over and completely encircle or surround the upstanding top of the pocket. The box-cover or hood is then attached to the carrier by means of the eX- tension 3 constituted by the part 3 of the blank, and the stitches 5 or other fastenings engaging With such extension and with the body or band-portion.

As stated at the outset herein, the portions of the back and front of the cover or hood which are united to the rear and front marginal portions of the side-Wings or skirts by means of the stitches 10, 10, namely the side margins of the back and front, are overlapped fiatvvise with the said marginal portions of the side-Wings or skirts, one mode of overlapping being shown in Fig.

l. The said side margins are constituted by flanges 3b, 3b, and 8", 8b, in the case of the blank that is shown in Fig. 2 and employed in makingthe box-cover or hood of Fig. l. These flanges are formed With firm selvages, bound andl finished in the Weaving. In the said figure, for convenience in illustrating the features of the blank, the flanges are shown standing at right angles to the plane of the main portions of the blank. Vhen the blank is bent into the yshape of the boX- cover or hood shown in Fig. l, the flanges (turned at right angles as just referred to) are caused to lie flatly against the louter faces of the marginal portions 9b, 9?, 9b, 9b, of the side-Wings or skirts 9, 9, as represented in Fig. l, so that When stitches l0, 10, are formed the result Will be the desired fiat seams. As Will be perceived, the raw or cut edges of the said marginal portions 9b, 9b, etc., o f the side-Wings or skirts are inclosed and concealed by the selvaged flanges of the front and back.

The one-piece blank shown in Fig. 2 may be Woven conveniently in a comparatively narrow loom by so disposing the Warpthreads in such loom, and so conducting the Weaving, as to produce the said blank in the folded state that is represented in Figs. 3 and 4. In these figures the fianges 3b, 3", 8, 8b, overlap themain portions 3, 7?, and

' lowed in producing the blanks.

8, and occupy a plane parallel vvith that of the said main portions, While the side-,Wings yor skirts 9, 9, occupy planes parallel With that of the main portions, the said side- Wings or skirts overlapping the top-section 6 and each other. The production of the blank in the said folded state is effected readily by following Well-known procedure in Weaving. A connected series of blanks is produced in the form of a continuous Web, and is separated into individual blanks by cutting across such web intermediate successive pairs of the overlapping side-Wings or skirts. Between one pair of side-Wings or skirts and the next the Warp-threads employed in Weaving the side-Wings or skirts Will be floated in an unWoven state, and will be trimmed away subsequent to the Weaving so as to leave the blank free from free and loose ends of such- Warp-threads,

as in Figs. 2 and 3. Usually, at the placesl Where the side-Wings or skirts 9, 9, are formed, the Warp-threads Which are employed in the marginal flanges 3b, 3b, 8b, 8b, Will be floated in an unwoven state from the ends of one of such pairs of flangesto the beginnings of the other of such pairs, andl be trimmed off subsequent to the Weaving. The result of Weaving the said marginal flanges 3b, 3b, 8b, 8b, in aplane parallel YWith that of the main portions of the` blank, is that bends or folds are produced in the Weaving along the lines on which said flanges are united With the main' portion,V

creating fold-lines which render any subsequent bending or foldinooperation unnecessary and thereby facilitate the Work of making-up a cover or hood.

If desired, other methods ma be folhus they may be Woven in an opened-out or transg versely-extended fiat state, if deemed advisable. f

In some cases, as previously stated and as illustrated by Figs. 5 4and 6, flat cut-edged marginal portions at the rear and front of the side-Wings or skirts may be turned inwardly at rightangles andV interlapped with fiat selvaged flanges of the back and front of the box-cover or hood, in such manner that the cut edges of the said inturned marginal portions will be concealed by the said selvaged flanges. In Figs. 5 and 6 the rear extension 3, 7" and front extension 8' are formed in the Weaving operation With split, divided, or double selvages 3d, 3d, and 8d, 8d. When the blank is bent into shape for a box-cover or flap, the raw or 'cut edges 6d, 6d, of the side-Wings or skirts 9d, 9d, are inserted between the respective pairs of selvaged margins comprising the said split divided, or double selvages, and are secured by the stitches 10d, 10d. This method of construction, also, produces flat seams.

The body-web or band and pocket or pockets may be woven integral with each other, by welleknown processes of weaving, with or without the housing slit in the body-web or band. As one feature of the invention,

however, I produce the body-web or band, a woven pocket or pockets, and a cover or covers of woven material, all made separately as separate articles, and combine and fasten them together in the process of manufacture, by attaching the pocket or pockets to the body-web or band, and properly attaching the cover or covers.

Mv invention produces a square box-cover or hood, namely one having the sides thereof at right-angles with the top, back, and front.

As usual, fastening devices are provided for holding the cover or hood securely closed when required, as at the right in Fig. l. The drawings show means of ordinary character, comprising a stud l1, applied to and projecting from the front wall or' the pocket, and a coperating socket l2 applied to the front of the cover or hood.

What is claimed as the invention is 1. A woven carrier comprising a bodyweb or band, a pocket'fiXedly attached thereto rising at its top above the top edge of the said body-web or band, and a box-cover or hood for said pocket flexibly attached to the body-web or band, and which 'completely encircles or surrounds the upstand ing top-portion of the -ocket without slits or openings around suc portion.

2. A one-piece boX-cover blank comprising a rear extension adapted to constitute an attaching portion and a box-cover back, an intermediate top-section having lateral widenings adapted to constitute side-wings or skirts, and a front extension adapted to constitute the front of the cover, said rear and front extensions having selvaged side marginal flanges adapted to overlap flatwise with the marginal portions of the sidewings or skirts and the said blank having as produced in the weaving bends or folds along the lines on which the said flanges are united with the main portion, creating fold-lines.

In testimony whereof I ailx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. SPALDING.

Witnesses EMMA M. BAILEY, 'VICTOR II. JENNINGS. 

